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hath in Manner aforesaid been duly reported to some Officer of His 

 Majesty's Customs within the said Colony, and being actually en- 

 gaged in the said Fishery, or in carrying coastwise, to be landed or 

 put on board any other Ships or Vessels engaged in the said Fishery, 

 any Fish, Oil, Salt, Provisions or other Necessaries for the Use and 

 Purposes thereof, shall be exempt from all Obligation to make any 

 entry at or obtain any Clearance from any Custom House at New- 

 foundland, upon entering the Ports or Harbours of the said Colony 

 or its Dependencies, during the Continuance of the Fishing Season 

 for which such Certificate may have been granted : Provided never- 

 theless, that Avhen any such Ship or Vessel as aforesaid shall finally 

 quit the said Fishery, for any Country or Place not being within the 

 said Colony or the Dependencies thereof, such Ship or Vessel shall 

 obtain the usual Clearance from some Port in the said Colony or the 

 Dependencies thereof; and previously to obtaining such Clearance, 

 the Master of such Ship or Vessel shall deliver up the before men- 

 tioned Certificate to the principal Officer of the Customs of such 

 Port : Provided also, that in case any such Ship or Vessel shall have 

 on board, during the Time the same may be engaged in the said Fish- 

 ery, any goods or Merchandizes whatsoever other than Fish, Seals, 

 Oil made of Fish or Seals, Salt, Provisions or other Things, being 

 the Produce of or usually employed in the said Fishery, such Ships 

 or Vessels shall forfeit the said Fishing Certificate, and shall thence- 

 forth become and be subject and liable to all such and the same Rules, 

 Restrictions and Regulations, as such Ship or Vessel would have 

 been subject or liable to if this Act had not been made; any Thing 

 hereinbefore contained to the contrary notwithstanding. 



V. And for preserving the Harbours of the said Colony of New- 

 foundland and its Dependencies from all Annoyances, be it further 

 enacted, That no ballast, Stones or any Thing else hurtful or injurious 

 to any of the harbours there, shall be thrown out of any Ship, Vessel 

 or Boat, or otherwise, by any Person or Persons whatsoever, to the 

 Prejudice of any of the said Harbours, but that all such Ballast and 

 other Things shall be carried on Shore and be laid where they may 

 do no annoyance; and if any Person or Persons shall throw out of 

 any Ship, Vessel or Boat, or otherwise, any Ballast, Stones or other 

 thing hurtful or injurious to any of the Harbours of the said Colony 

 or its Dependencies, or shall wantonly or maliciously do or procure 

 to be done any other Matter or Thing whereby any of the said Har- 

 bours shall or may be damaged or impaired, the Persons or Person 

 so offending shall incur and become liable to the Payment of any 

 Fine not less than Forty Shillings, nor more than Fifty Pounds 

 Sterling British Money, or to Imprisonment for any Time not ex- 

 ceeding One Calendar Month, or both, at the Discretion of the Court 

 before which any such Offenders or Offender may be convicted. 



VI. And be it further enacted, That no Person or Persons what- 

 soever shall cast anchor or do any other Matter or Thing to the 

 Annoyance or hindering of the drawing or hauling of Nets or Seines 

 in the customary Baiting Places in Newfoundland, or the Depend- 

 encies thereof, or shoot his or their Net or Seines within or upon the 

 Net or Seines of any other Person or Persons whatever; and also that 

 no Person or Persons whatsoever shall steal, purloin or take any 

 Fish or Bait out of the Net or Seines of any other Person or Persons 

 whatsoever, lying adrift or drover for Bait by Night. 



